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Monday, January 25, 2016

Before Christmas I took my friend Sally to one of our favorite restaurants.

We have been here several times in the past, as my T participants will remember.

This is such a fun buffet and we normally go on the day they serve Italian food.

However, Sally decided she wanted to try Mediterranean Day. The buffet here comes with coffee or iced tea, so it would be rude not to enjoy the coffee that comes with the meal.

The restaurant was all decked out in Christmas finery.

Sadly, it was not a good day for vegetarian fare, beginning with the soup.

The dessert bar was worth visiting of course, even if I did have to try to hide behind the mustached Santa. This place has so many reflective surfaces, it's hard to not be included in the photo.

It will soon be evident there was not much on the main menu that appealed to me, but the salad bar held an incredible amount of wonderful food I could enjoy.

While Sally filled up on food from the hot food area, I took a few photos of their Christmas decorations.

Green salad was supposed to be pared with an oil and vinegar dressing, but I chose the cucumber dressing that is normally served with Gyros.

It was easy to fill up when this fare was offered. Who would ever turn down hummus, tabouli, and fresh tomatoes in winter? Certainly not me.

I've seen times when there was food laid out on these tables when they needed more space than the salad or dessert tables were in need of added space. Today, however, they were just fun places to store a few more Christmas decorations. Note (beyond the window) the trees that were placed above the hot and cold drink dispensers.

I had to crop this photo because some guy stepped right in front of my camera as I was taking this.

The many offerings included coconut curry rice,

mixed veggies

that were the best thing on the hot menu,

chicken tikka, a dish I learned was made of small pieces of spicy cooked chicken that had been marinated in various hot spices and yogurt,

beef cabbage rolls,

and gyros,

which are normally served with these veggies and the delicious cucumber sauce seen in the background. Although this wasn't the best fare for a vegetarian, it was a gift for my friend Sally, and I found plenty to eat anyway.

Now it's your turn to show what drink related post you are sharing this week. It can be movies, postcards, books, sketches, photos,
a place you visited, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags,
scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional. It can even feature an empty cup or mug, as
long as your post in some way relates back to it or a drink, any drink. Regardless,
please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T
gang will be by to visit.
It's also obvious, your photos may be taken at any time, and they don't even have to be taken this year!

And please don't forget to be thinking about your Second on the 2nd post. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, it can be about any post that you are proud of, or one that you posted before anyone knew your blog existed. Hope to see you on the second!

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thoughtful remarks:

I remember you visiting Legends many times--it looks really pretty all decked out for Christmas! It was a nice gift for Sally, and I'm sure she enjoyed it. Between you and me (and everyone else who reads this, haha) I'd have liked the Italian menu better!

I love the look of the restaurant, and I think I would have found lots to eat and drink there. Sally id lucky that she had you take her there for a meal.Have a great week and a happy T Day, hugs, Valerie

It must be difficult for a vegetarian in a Mediterranean kitchen. I have lived around the Med for mot of my life and you'd starve if you were a vegetarian. But taboulleh and hummus plus a salad can be very nice. We can't buy hummus at all so I make my own. In the UK they sell the jalapeno variety which I love.I try to copy that taste when I make my own.The restaurant looks nice. So festively decorated. That soldier on the spare salad table looks uncannily like the Danish toy soldier I was photographed next to when were were in a restaurant in Denmark recently. (I've quickly added it to my pot for you to see)Have a great eek,Lisca

I'm glad you managed to find some nice things to eat, I am surprised that there wasn't more in the salad line with a Med menu but you certainly didn't starve with taboullah and hummus to eat. Is it me or does Christmas seem like a long time ago to you also? The weeks seem to be going by at some super speed at the moment!

It truly looks like such a charming place especially with all the decorations about. Glad you were able to find enough to eat that you could enjoy. My favorite would be yours with the hummus tabouli and tomato salad! Oh and I would love to have one of those chefs on my kitchen table:) Happy T day !

I love gyros...I think I would have enjoyed that outing with you. :) I've been staying away from the computer lately...I've had a neck/shoulder issue that gets worse at the keyboard. I think I'm finally on the mend.Happy T day!

It does look a great place to eat - great decorations! Glad you found some veggie food you could eat - we would have been a bit pressed ourselves - we don't eat beef or lamb at all and rarely eat pork. The salads all look yummy! Congrats on your Top 5 place at TIOT by the way!! Hugs, Chrisx

It looks like there was a ton of vegetarian stuff to eat from the salad bar. That is often all that's available here, too--if you're lucky and they have a salad bar. Love the wild Christmas decorations! :)

I was gone from morning 'til night yesterday, and didn't have a chance to visit, but I enjoyed the Christmas remembrance. Christmas decorations bring a smile no matter what the time of year :) Happy T Tuesday!

Hi Elizabeth! Nice restaurant and the food sounds delicious! How did that moron not see that you were about to take a picture????? Now don't get me wrong, I like a good buffet just like the next person, but some people act like they've never eaten or seen food before. I've seen some really food CRAZY people in the buffet lines!

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